Atomos Ninja Star $295 Recorder

[Stephen Mann]

No.
There are no ProRes codecs for the PC. It’s proprietary to Apple products.

However, you can use the free program ffmbc to convert ProRes to a format you can use in Vegas. (I’ve never tried it because I don’t have any ProRes files to work with). Get it here.

If you do get the Ninja, please do share your results and workflow here.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Stephen Mann]

This is cool, it appears that I answered the question before it was asked

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[John Rofrano]

[Thomas Roberts] “Can we play Pro Res on the Vegas Timeline?”

Yes, there is no problem with playing back Pro Res files on the Vegas Pro timeline. The only thing you can’t do is create Pro Res files but since this device is for acquisition, it should be fine. You’ll probably be rendering to a delivery format anyway.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[John Rofrano]

[Stephen Mann] “This is cool, it appears that I answered the question before it was asked “

Actually you answered it almost 12 hours after it was asked. Thomas asked the question in the AM and you answered in the PM. 😉

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Steve Rhoden]

Pro Res indeed works perfectly fine in Vegas.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia
1-876-461-9019

[Stephen Mann]

Gotta get my eyes checked…..

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[Thomas Roberts]

Thanks guys! just had some Prores files sent over to me, and they play 🙂

[John Rofrano]

[Thomas Roberts] “just had some Prores files sent over to me, and they play :)”

Yea, the thing to be mindful of is that Vegas Pro does not handle these files natively. It depends on QuickTime to process them. I don’t know what the limit is, but you can fit less QuickTime files into your project than native files before things start to slow down. It’s just something to keep in mind if you work with very large projects. You could always transcode them to a native format if it becomes a problem. That hardware device is really targeted at Mac editors but as you have seen, it will work with a PC.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com